Friends of Troopers Hill Butterflies

Ian says: 'there seemed to be a loose colony of Essex Skippers (I saw at least 5) at the far eastern end of Troopers Hill where there is some taller grass on slightly flatter land in a rough triangle two roads and near the entry/exit path'.

Photographs taken by Alex Morss while undertaking butterfly transects on Troopers Hill in the summer of 2004.

Our thanks to Alex for allowing us to use these photographs.

Ringlet

Common Blue

Meadow Brown

Speckled Wood

Small Tortoiseshell

Small Copper

These three shots (two of Gatekeepers and one of a Speckled Wood) were taken by Amy in 2007. Amy has become one of our most enthusiastic young members, more of her photographs can be seen on our Hill Photos page.